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The best apple pie. Ever. (Don’t try to argue; you will lose.)

Ingredients

• Crust:
  • 2 cups flour
  • ¼ teaspoon baking powder
  • ½ cup butter (1 stick)
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 4 egg yolks (+ 1 egg yolk (optional) for coating top crust)
• Filling:
  • 2 or 3 large Granny Smith or Golden Delicious apples, cored, peeled and sliced
  • ¼ cup sugar
  • 2 teaspoons cinnamon

Preparation

*** PREHEAT OVEN to 375° ***

Crust

0. Preheat oven to 375°
1. Sift flour and baking powder together and set aside
2. Blend butter and sugar
3. Add egg yolks and mix well
4. Add the dry ingredients and blend

Assembly

1. Press half the dough into the bottom of a 9″ round cake pan
2. Arrange apples on top of dough and sprinkle with sugar and cinnamon mixture. The apples should not form a mound; they should be roughly flush with the top of the pan.
3. Pat the remaining dough into a 9½” circle on waxed paper and lay over the apples
4. Lightly beat 1 egg yolk and brush over top
5. Bake at 375° for 45 minutes
   • If the top begins to get too brown, cover pie with foil
6. Turn off the oven and leave the pie inside for 10 minutes
7. Let the pie cool inside the pan before unmoulding it

Serving Suggestions

Serve with vanilla ice cream (Häagen-Dazs preferred).

Serves 6.